Indeed, in reality many man (and women, too) replace the older model with a new and usually more expensive one, though in some cases the initially perceived benefit of such a change eventually turns out to be questionable, sometimes! Beologish seems to be a real connoisseur - of good heart in addition: seeing benefits of both the older and the newer

I really don’t know about this BS/BM 5 thing, and it’s not only the fact that I have a 500+ CDs collection and a BS9000/BL5s to enjoy music – the old fashioned way - that does it… As a matter of fact, I recently listen more and more to the copies of those CDs and N.RADIO from our family PC around the house, and avoiding changing

[quote user="Chrisreunion"]..nothing moves on a BeoLab![/quote] .. except the microphone under the BL5 during its calibration. But yes, adding some 'transformers' effect in a sensible way - why not.

Personally, very true, Mika and others - not least Tim's book ... mine 28 CTV had to be fixed, too, and luckily it was. For some reason, not always possible according to the technician! I pressume it will continue going on strong for years as it, indeed, has done since the fix. (Still a great linkroom TV, though 9+ years old!) Btw, the problems

Frankly, I would save some more and go for the second-hand BL5s – at the right price/place as Peter hinted in his (as usual) flawless comments! Even if the price of “surviving” until then is adding BL2 to your current speakers ( - you can always use it later). Preaching, de facto, a bit more patience in your case I can assure you that

[quote user="Roger"]B&O must be very careful when pricing this phone - ...[/quote] Quite diplomatically, you mean since they were not careful enough NOT to design/produce such things anymore? :-) Hasn't anyone skyped or - via google, indeed - voice/video communicated to them on what the right price should be?

You are not thick at all, Puncher – and I can confess a sudden need for a couple of cans (“probably” at least two) yesterday in order to refresh what I’d learned at school long time ago… At least we all came with something (an easy formula perhaps? ) Lee can now “probably” adapt to keep people’s chances

[quote user="soundproof"]In the world I inhabit, there's the niggling thought that there's a 1/2 chance of either contestant winning. But in this new world I seem to be entering ... I send the ball over to you Tournedos![/quote] If I understand that correctly, you want to get confirmed/shown that 1/2 chance of winning each month would

Thank you, Mika!

[quote user="soundproof"]I'd get thrown out of the casino if I tried those complicated scribbles.[/quote] That's why I , sadly enough, would never attempt to play poker ...